Unify -- formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications -- has launched a new collaboration platform, developed for years under code name 'Project Ansible,' that it says will completely reshape the way enterprises communicate.

Former Cisco and Avaya executive Karl Meulema has joined Riverbed Technology as the company's new senior vice president of global channels, just days after Riverbed said it will start exploring its strategic options.

Bruce Klein, SVP of Cisco's Worldwide Partner Organization, told CRN in a recent interview that the networking giant is preparing to launch a software partner program at its 2015 Partner Summit this April in Montreal.